Tornado damage and initial recovery in three adjacent, lowland temperate forests in Missouri

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-564

  Peterson, Chris J ^a   Rebertus, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Colonization; Disturbance; Liquidambar; Quercus; Wetland; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACER; LIQUIDAMBAR; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030660572     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237207     Document Type: Article

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